Our Mission... To provide education and related support services to older adults, adults with cognitive and/or physical challenges, and their caregivers. Our Board... ﻿﻿TheCSI Board of Directors is comprised of professionals who combine personal experience with professional expertise. All family caregivers, they include a bank vice president who became a director of a 60+ bed dementia unit; a licensed professional counselor who now counsels and coaches other family caregivers; a registered nurse who opened the first special care dementia unit in Illinois and served as a president of the Greater Chicago Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, and a realtor with a special needs daughter.

Our Staff... Chris Damon, the Executive Director, is a three-time family elder caregiver with professional experience in geriatric care management, care transitions, dementia care and training, adaptive housing, discharge planning, and caregiver support. A former teacher and college administrator, she holds Master's degrees in Adult Education and Gerontology (the study of the social, psychological, cognitive, spiritual, and biological aspects of aging).Our Organization...CareSmart Illinois﻿ is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in the State of Illlinois.

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CareSmart Illinois 847-596-8226 Wadsworth, IL 60083 chris@caresmart.org CareSmart Illinois is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois. Services are provided to those in need regardless of age, religion, race, color, sexual orientation or national origin.